Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-04-30
To Seize the Republic.

port about projected combination
OF three Socialistic organizations in
tAis coun.ry-thc Red International
the Black International and the So
calislic labor party. While the
aims and the designs of the so-called
Black international, or the lnterna-
tional Working Peoples Association
thanks to the Anarchists trial, have
become widely known. nobody knew
or hardly ever heard of the Red In
sernational or the International
/ WorkingUen's Association rs being
n specific organization Of Socialists
along the Pacific Coast This or
ganization was founded in San Fran
cisco in 1885. /, was organized in
! all the principal cities throughout
Western states. after the model OF
the Knights of Labor assemblies,
4 and is bv far more scored than that
organization. 1t is now authorita-
lively announced by an organ Of the
Socialists that the leader of the
"Redso proposes there shall be an
uprising in 1889. What would oc-
Rcur were the uprising lie counts on
successful, is thus outlined : "Thc
circumstances which may permit de-
cisive action will probably be these:
In 1889 the present panic approach
a climax. 1t will be widespread and
alarming, accompanied by closed
factories, starving workers, rioting
and the use of military force In
may even be complicated by bitter
Gloss feeling, result in suppression
Of the rights of free speech, meeting
and press. Until then, unless the
whole people are aroused, it is the
duty OF the wise Socialist to hold
aloof from riots in special Localities.
The time is not yet ripe for success;
we have counted our heads and we
know it. To strike this year would
be to uselessly slaughter our best
people and put back the cause hun
dred years No, at present we must
be wise as serpents and harmless as
doves. We must take advantage of
it for agitation and education only
We must speak much and act not at
all. When the working people are
hungry their brains weaken. One
year of pauic means q trembling of
our forces at least. And while with
our present 100000 Socialists forci-
BILE action is impossible, with 400,-
900 (what next panic will give us if
we manage wisely, we hold the game
in our own hands. We have per-
haps until 1889 time in which to per-
feet our plans. That year in Eu-
rope will surely bring grave results.
In America, if figures lie not, anoth-
or panic greater, deeper and more
widespread than the preceding will
be upon us. Then, and not till
then, may we risk cast Of the iron
die. Then may we strike the strike
to win"
The articles states that they ex-
pect to have in the United States in
1889 at least half million earnest
Socialists, divided somewhat as fol-
lows Chicago, $4,000; New York,
| $4,000; in the New England factory
states, 100000; in the central coal
and iron region, 100000 in Colora-
do and the Western states, $4,000;
on the Pacific Coast, $4,000 in the
! Atlantic and Southern cities alto
gether, 100000, and scattered at va
rious points in towns and villages
50,000 more.
1.-The panic comes, the public are
excited, outbreaks occur, the large
centers revolt, the places where but
a few Socialists exist are made points
for rallying of the conservative ele-
meet.
"In these small places it should be
made the duty Of the Socialists there
residing, secretly and with all the
aid of science in destructive warfare
TO raise sufficient turmoil to keep
the conservatives busy at home.
Meanwhile, in large centers bold
measures should be taken. Our peo-
pie should head, lead and control
the popular revolt; should seize the
places of power should lay hands
upon the machinery of the COVER
ment. Once installed in power the
Revolutionary Committe should fol-
low this course of action. The de-
crees should at once be promulgated
and enforced
1t is proposed to make Chicago
the headquarters of the uprising in
1889, which is to follow the combi-
nation of the different branches of
the Internationalists, and quite an
elaborate program is outlined of the